Were the Vanderbilts Right?

I can't tell you the number of people who come in to see me for insomnia. Want to know the biggest reason they tell me? Something to do with their partner, a pet an open window, someone steals the blanket. I think the Vanderbilts had it right when they would always have separate bedrooms.

Living A Balanced Life, Our Emotional LifeKaren ClicknerJune 10, 2014Insomnia

Not All Blood is the Same

The importance of having compatible blood cannot be overestimated. It may mean the difference between an illness and a serious blood infection, between a virus and an autoimmune disorder. Don't assume all blood is the same and think about the idea of donating blood to be saved for yourself.

Conventional Medicine, Living A Balanced LifeKaren ClicknerJune 10, 2014Blood

The Stress of Being the Alpha Male

Recently I've had a number of male patients come in complaining of either searing abdominal/pelvic pain when they cry for joy, or experience some blood mixed with their semen.

Healthy Short Subjects, Living A Balanced LifeKaren ClicknerApril 25, 2014Male Hormones

Ban The Blowers!

Why are we questioning the rise in allergies and asthma when every single yard, lawn and parking lot is cleaned with leaf blowers?

Healthy Short Subjects, Living A Balanced LifeKaren ClicknerApril 25, 2014Alleriges, Asthma

Do I Really Have to Take This?

All About Food, How the Body Works, Living A Balanced Life, Natural TherapiesKaren ClicknerJanuary 30, 2014

Make It or Move It

Living A Balanced Life, All About Food, Women's Natural MedicineKaren ClicknerJanuary 30, 2014

Commit to Yourself or You'll Be Committed

It's amazing how many days, weeks, months go by and before you know it you're a basket case. That's right ... ready for the padded cell, the straight jacket, the lobotomy. All because you ran yourself into the ground and now can't even put a sentence together.

Living A Balanced LifeKaren ClicknerJanuary 29, 2014

Do You Really Have a Food Allergy?

Let's say that recently you began eating organic whole-milk yogurt. After you eat it, you don't feel so well. Your stomach feels upset a bit. So what do you do? I can't tell you how many people instantly assume they are lactose-intolerant. Well, the first fact you should know is that there is no lactose in yogurt.

Cardboard Nutrition

I'm back in Switzerland visiting my family and one of the very first things I notice is the difference in food. The taste, the quality, the very feeling of fullness that you get when you eat food here. Back home I buy organic for most things, but I have to tell you that I had forgotten what onions REALLY smell like until I was here in Switzerland.

Are We Facing a Sterile Future?

When we were kids, some of my fondest memories were rolling down a grassy hill, slinging mudballs at my sister and eating snow (well, not the yellow or dirty snow!). Now everything is antibacterial, kids live in sterile capsules and we are constantly washing everything in sight.

Do You Know What Your Frequency Is?

I know it sounds like I'm talking about a radio, or some electronic thingy, but in truth I'm talking about the human body.

Energetic Medicine, Healthy Short Subjects, How the Body WorksKaren ClicknerSeptember 9, 2013Resonance, Chakras

Like a River Flows

In truth, we do live like a river and this is the best analogy I've found to explain our health and the path of wellness.

Healthy Short SubjectsKaren ClicknerSeptember 2, 2013Lymphatics

The Herbal Advisor Magazine is the research and information by Certified Clinical Herbalist Karen S. Clickner, with 35 years of experience through her clinical history in Massachusetts.